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 Typhoon Nanmadol headed to southeastern China on Monday after dumping more than 20 inches (half a meter) of rain in southern Taiwan, where wide swaths of agricultural land were flooded and some 8,000 people evacuated.

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The China-born center for the Houston Rockets Yao Ming says he hopes to engage in more activities with children in Taiwan and China to encourage them to face up to life's setbacks.

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It seems that the political casualty wrought by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” is our dear friend, Sen. Loren Legarda who issued a statement that virtually leads us to believe that she has already abandoned her plans to run for President in the 2010 elections.

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TAIPEI (AP) - Taiwanese survivors of Typhoon Morakot berated the president today for his government's slow response to the deadly disaster, and two more senior lawmakers offered to resign to take responsibility.

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TAIPEI (AP) -- Taiwan's vice foreign minister resigned Tuesday to take responsibility for his agency's initial rejection of aid from other governments following Typhoon Morakot, which claimed about 500 lives and caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-18 18:13:39 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496751 [Title] => (UPDATE) US relief team arrives in Taiwan to transport aid [Summary] =>

TAIPEI (AP) — A US relief team backed by heavy-lift helicopters arrived in Taiwan today to help local authorities get aid to the hundreds of people thought to be stranded in mountain villages more than a week after a typhoon rocked the island.

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The first shipments of foreign aid arrived Sunday as Taiwan struggled to reach more than 4,000 people still stranded a week after the country's deadliest typhoon in half a century.

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SHIAO LIN (AP) - There is nothing left in Shiao Lin. Nothing except the knots of grieving relatives mourning their dead, the red-clad rescue workers searching the ground for human remains and the tons of mud and rubble where once the village lay.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-16 11:00:29 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 495894 [Title] => Taiwan's president criticized for typhoon response [Summary] =>

CISHAN, Taiwan (AP) – Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou sharply raised the expected death toll from Typhoon Morakot yesterday to more than 500, amid mounting criticism of his handling of the worst storm to strike the island in over 50 years.

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                    [Title] => Typhoon departs Taiwan, heads for China
                    [Summary] => 

 Typhoon Nanmadol headed to southeastern China on Monday after dumping more than 20 inches (half a meter) of rain in southern Taiwan, where wide swaths of agricultural land were flooded and some 8,000 people evacuated.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-29 15:38:09 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 596562 [Title] => Yao Ming to meet Taiwanese children [Summary] =>

The China-born center for the Houston Rockets Yao Ming says he hopes to engage in more activities with children in Taiwan and China to encourage them to face up to life's setbacks.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-26 17:15:18 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 509550 [Title] => Typhoon "Morakot" was our wakeup call! [Summary] =>

It seems that the political casualty wrought by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” is our dear friend, Sen. Loren Legarda who issued a statement that virtually leads us to believe that she has already abandoned her plans to run for President in the 2010 elections.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 497181 [Title] => Taiwan typhoon victims berate President Ma [Summary] =>

TAIPEI (AP) - Taiwanese survivors of Typhoon Morakot berated the president today for his government's slow response to the deadly disaster, and two more senior lawmakers offered to resign to take responsibility.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-19 21:02:28 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496793 [Title] => Taiwan's vice foreign minister resigns over storm [Summary] =>

TAIPEI (AP) -- Taiwan's vice foreign minister resigned Tuesday to take responsibility for his agency's initial rejection of aid from other governments following Typhoon Morakot, which claimed about 500 lives and caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-18 18:13:39 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496751 [Title] => (UPDATE) US relief team arrives in Taiwan to transport aid [Summary] =>

TAIPEI (AP) — A US relief team backed by heavy-lift helicopters arrived in Taiwan today to help local authorities get aid to the hundreds of people thought to be stranded in mountain villages more than a week after a typhoon rocked the island.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-17 23:00:43 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496220 [Title] => (UPDATE) 4,000 still stuck in Taiwan as foreign aid arrives [Summary] =>

The first shipments of foreign aid arrived Sunday as Taiwan struggled to reach more than 4,000 people still stranded a week after the country's deadliest typhoon in half a century.

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SHIAO LIN (AP) - There is nothing left in Shiao Lin. Nothing except the knots of grieving relatives mourning their dead, the red-clad rescue workers searching the ground for human remains and the tons of mud and rubble where once the village lay.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-16 11:00:29 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 495894 [Title] => Taiwan's president criticized for typhoon response [Summary] =>

CISHAN, Taiwan (AP) – Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou sharply raised the expected death toll from Typhoon Morakot yesterday to more than 500, amid mounting criticism of his handling of the worst storm to strike the island in over 50 years.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-15 01:10:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 495652 [Title] => Taiwan president says typhoon has killed about 500 [Summary] => TAIPEI (AP) -- Floods and mudslides unleashed by Typhoon Morakot last weekend have killed about 500 people on the island, Taiwan's president said Friday as he called on rescue crews to step up their efforts. [DatePublished] => 2009-08-14 17:47:47 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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